{"id":461,"date":"2009-11-10T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=461"},"modified":"2009-11-10T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:43:45","slug":"gaa-beo-and-gaa-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"GAA Beo and GAA Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before delving into the latest <strong>GAA Book<\/strong> this year, it&#8217;s worth noting that our national broadcaster is looking after its citizens in the area of transmitting what remaining <strong>important matches<\/strong> there are left to play this season.<\/p>\n<p>The national <strong>club championships<\/strong> are a strange sort of end to the year, I have always thought.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve wondered about how <strong>motivation <\/strong>can be kept going at this late hour of the year, when so many people have <strong>deserted the trail<\/strong> of adventure that the summer brought and when the <strong>weather<\/strong> is <strong>even more awful<\/strong> than it is in summer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_462\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-462\" href=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/?attachment_id=462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-462\" title=\"Ballygunner\" src=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Ballygunner-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Ballygunner - Waterford's representatives take on Cratloe next Sunday\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Ballygunner-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/conorpower.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Ballygunner.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballygunner - Waterford&#39;s representatives take on Cratloe next Sunday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the comfort of your home, you can follow most of the <strong>action live<\/strong> by tuning in to one of the most worthwhile uses of tax euros &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tg4.ie\/bearla\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">TG4<\/a>: as <strong>creative and energetic<\/strong> a channel as you&#8217;re likely to find anywhere.\u00a0 So many people in this country of ours pay out a subscription to a <strong>nasty half-wit megalomaniac<\/strong> to watch <strong>overpaid clowns cheat<\/strong> and feign injury on the circus that is the <strong>English professional soccer<\/strong> league.<\/p>\n<p>See some <strong>real people<\/strong> playing <strong>real sport<\/strong> for <strong>real reasons<\/strong> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tg4.ie\/bearla\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TG4<\/strong><\/a> every weekend with the All-Ireland hurling and football championships.\u00a0 Once they&#8217;re over, then get back to your <strong>GAA books<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click here\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Front-cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a>\u201c<strong>My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power<\/strong>\u201d is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.\u00a0 <a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\">Click here<\/a> for further information, <a href=\"..\/?page_id=17\" target=\"_self\"><strong>pre-order<\/strong><\/a> and excerpt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before delving into the latest GAA Book this year, it&#8217;s worth noting that our national broadcaster is looking after its citizens in the area of transmitting what remaining important matches there are left to play this season. 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